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tracts — the one a hardwood forest on the coast north of Rio de Janeiro^ 

 and the other in the Parana forests of southern Brazil. Dr. Whitford 

 reports the hardwood forest to be one of the most accessible in the 

 State and full of a number of timbers that are being extensively used 

 in the Brazilian market, especially since the war has cut off importa- 

 tions. The Parana pine forest is the most extensive coniferous forest 

 in the Southern Hemisphere and covers a region of not less than one 

 hundred square miles. Since the war, lumber production in this region 

 has more than doubled. 



In a bulletin by James White, published by the Commission of Con- 

 servation of Canada, discussing the fuels of western Canada, a brief 

 note is made to wood fuel and the equivalents to one ton of anthracite- 

 are stated upon the authority of the Forest Products Laboratory, of 

 Madison, as follows: One cord of birch, 1.15 cords of tamarack. 1.20- 

 cords of Douglas fir, 1.50 cords of jack pine, 1.55 cords of poplar, 1.60 

 cords of hemlock, 2.10 cords of cedar. But the poor grade of coal 

 received in Canada last winter would increase these quantities of wood 

 by probably 23 per cent. 



A one-year course in practical forestry is given by the School of 

 Forestry at Montana State University, beginning last autumn. This 

 course is being offered at the request of officials of the Forest Service 

 and lumber companies. It is distinctly a war course, and will fill the 

 demand for a short, highly specialized course of vocational training to 

 prepare for positions now vacant. Applicants for the course must be 

 at least 16 years of age, while students 18 years or more who are not 

 high-school graduates may be admitted if they give satisfactory evi- 

 dence of being able to pursue the course successfully. 



The curriculum for the first quarter is to include introduction to- 

 forestry, lumbering, surveying, mapping, mathematics, military drill, 

 and physical education ; for the second quarter, forest improvements, 

 scaling and cruising, surveying and mapping, fire protection ; for the 

 third quarter, stream measurements, economics of forestry, forest ad- 

 ministration. 



The development of a large and well-regulated stock industry in the 

 South promises to bring much benefit to timber, according to Austin 

 Cary, who has spent most of the past year in that section. In the first 

 place, it focuses interest on land hitherto idle ; secondly, it will bring a 



